Newspaper-wrapper



A. W. BOYNTON.

NEWSPAPER. WRAPPER.

No. 249,883. Patented NOV. 22,1881.

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NEWSPAPER-WRAPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,883, date-d November 22, 1881.

' Application filed May 21, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALMANzoR W. Borri- TON, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Methods of Addressing Newspaper-Wrappers and other Articles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is designed to enable any address to be provided simultaneously upon a large number of newspaper-wrappers or the like, thus dispensing with thenecessityofmarking it upon each one separately.

The invention consists in simultaneously marking one and the same address upon anumber of superimposed layers of paper-in other words, upon a number of superimposed wrappers or sheets-by perforating the same in the requisite lines and directions by means of a sewing-machine needle or other appropriate piercing mechanism, the machine being operated in the same manner as in. sewing, except that no thread is necessarily used and no stitch is formed.

The invention also comprises the formation of such perforated and simultaneously-formed addresses in color by means of a suitably-operated needle charged with coloring material, a portion of which is deposited in each perforation when the same is made.

Figure l is a perspective view, showing a number of superposed wrappers addressed according to my invention, and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view, representing the perforating or pnncturing operation by which the several wrappers are simultaneously addressed. Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate the needle or perforator employed in the said operation.

Any desired number of wrappers A, taking care that their aggregate thickness be not too great for the penetrating power ot' the needle or perforator, are laid one upon another, and

` being taken cnmasse or together are'placed upon the cloth-plate (indicated at B in Fig. 2) of an ordinary sewing-machine, or upon a suitable support in due relation to other piercing mechanism. The mass ot' superposed wrappers being then brought under the needle and the machine being operated with due rapidity, the said mass is turned and moved in such relation with the needle that the perforations made through the mass by the latter shall follow or describe the outlines of the letters forming the address, as fully indicated in Fig. l. Inasmuch as the needle passes entirely through the mass, as indicated in Fig. 2, it follows that the entire number of wrappers included therein is addressed in the same space of time that would be required in addressing one singly. When the addresses are thus formed by simple lines of perfor-ations they are quite legible and capable of serving their purpose to very good advantage. In order, however, to render them more plain it is desirable that the surfaces of the perforations or punctures should be colored. This is accomplished by so constructing the needle or perforator that it may be charged with liquid color or ink of any desired hue-as, for example, blue or red-a portion of which will adhere to the aforesaid surfaces ot' the perforations, and spreading from them slightly to the adjacent outer surface of each wrapper will render the address thereon legible at a greater distance and with less exercise of attention. In order to accomplish this the needle may be formed with two longitudinal grooves upon its opposite sides, as shown in Fig. 3, for holding the ink, or the needle may be provided with a number of transverse holes or openings for the same purpose, as represented in Fig. 4. A reservoir for supplying the ink in due and regulated quantity to the needle may be affixed to the sewing-machine; but in this present application I do not claim the needles constructed as just described,

- or the just-mentioned combination of a color or ink reservoir with the needle, inasmuch as I purpose to make the said matters the subject of a separate and distinct application for Letters Patent.

I would further observe that the applications of this method of simultaneously marking a large number of pieces are not restricted'to those hereinbefore particularly specified, but

may be extended to the marking of other articles-as, for example, handkerchiefs and other fabrics, e.

What I claim as my invention isl. The herein-described method of simultaneonsly addressing a number of wrappers, which consists in piercing the address through a superposcd layer of sheets and simultaneously applying ink or liquid coloring-matter to the perforations, substantially as herein described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a wrapper provided with characters composed of series of perforations, each of which is coated or colored internally, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

ALMANZOR W. BOYNTON.

Witnesses:

JAMES A. WHITNEY, HENRY F. PARKER.

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